Luther KangasLed the team in hitting
and RBI's in 2004, and was named to the All-Region Third Team.

Three Concordia senior
baseball players capped their careers by being named to the NCAA All-Midwest
Region Teams. Jeremy Hinderks (Sr., Renville, Minn./R-C-W HS) was
named to the All-Midwest Second Team, while Ryan Hebrink (Sr., Sacred
Heart, Minn./R-C-W HS) and Luther Kangas (Sr., Vadnais Heights,
Minn./White Bear lake HS) were placed on the All-Midwest Third Team. It
is the second consecutive year that Hinderks and Hebrink have been recognized
with All-Region honors. Last season Hinderks was also named to All-Region
Second Team, while Hebrink earned All-Region Honorable Mention honors.
Kangas

The trio of senior
players helped Concordia to a second place finish in the MIAC regular season
and a berth in the four-team conference tournament. The postseason appearance
was the third time in four years that the Cobbers have participated in
the MIAC playoffs. Concordia finished the season 22-15 overall and 14-6
in the MIAC. The Cobbers finished the regular season by winning 15 of their
last 18 games. At one point, Concordia was 0-3 in the league and 7-10 overall.
Their midseason turnaround was sparked by a school-record 12-game winning
streak. With their 22 overall wins, Concordia has won 46 games in the past
two seasons, which is the third highest total in the MIAC during that time.

Earlier in the month
Hinderks was named the MIAC Pitcher of the Year, becoming the first pitcher
in school history to win MIAC Pitcher of the Year honors since the award
was instituted in 1998. Hinderks also earned all-conference honors for
the second consecutive season. He had another dominant year as the teamís
number one starting pitcher. Hinderks posted an 8-5 overall record and
finished the year with a 2.33 ERA. He led the team in wins, ERA and strikeouts
(65). His 92.2 innings pitched during the entire year is a new school record
for most innings pitched in a single season. He also finished his career
with the second highest total in school history in innings pitched. Hinderks
finished his four years with 217.1 innings pitches, second only to Howard
Berglund's 225.2 innings. Hinderks also tied Berglund for most career wins.
The pair both amassed 22 victories in their storied careers. Finally, Hinderks
set a school record for most appearances in a career. His 55 total appearances
broke the old school mark of 52 held by Derek Dormanen ('03).

Like Hinderks, Hebrink
was also named to MIAC All-Conference Team for the second consecutive year.
Hebrink set a new school record for home runs in a single season in 2004.
He clouted 11 roundtrippers this season and finished with 30 on his career.
Both are Concordia records. Hebrink also set a school record for RBI's
in a career. He finished with 119 in his four years, surpassing Chris Coste's
mark of 110.

He tied for the team
lead in hits (38), home runs, total bases (80) and slugging percentage
(.690). He was also second on the team in runs scored (28) and RBI's (30).
He also tied with Hinderks for the team lead in saves (3). As a pitcher,
he finished the season with a 1-0 record and a 4.22 ERA.

Kangas ends his Cobber
career by being named to the all-region team after he collected all-conference
honors for the first time in his career. He was the anchor of the team's
defense as the starting catcher, a role he assumed early in the season.
He ended up playing in 34 of the team's 36 games. He led the team in hitting
with a .349 average. That mark is over 100 points higher from last season
and up 75 points from his career average. He also led the team in RBI's
(38) and finished tied for the lead in hits (38). Kangas was second in
slugging percentage (.578), third in home runs (5) and total bases
(63).